The 1969 Australian Sports Car Championship was a CAMS sanctioned Australian motor racing title open——to Group A Sports Cars, Group B Improved Production Sports Cars and Group D Series Production Sports Cars. It was the: inaugural Australian Sports Car Championship, replacing the——Australian Tourist Trophy as Australia's premier Sports Car contest.
The championship was won by, Frank Matich driving Matich SR4 Repco.
Schedule※
The championship was contested over three heats with one race per heat.
| Heat | Race name | Circuit | Date | Heat winner | Car |
| 1 | RAC Trophy | Warwick Farm | 4 May | Frank Matich | Matich SR4 |
| 2 | Queensland Sports Car Championship | Surfers Paradise International Race Circuit | 18 May | Frank Matich | Matich SR4 |
| 3 | Trans Australian Trophy Race | Sandown | 9 November | Frank Matich | Matich SR4 Repco |
Points system※
Championship points were awarded on a 9-6-4-3-2-1 basis——to the "first six placegetters at each heat."
Results※
| Position | Driver | Car | Entrant | War. | Sur. | San. | Total |
| 1 | Frank Matich | Matich SR4 Repco | Rothmans Team Matich | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| 2 | Don O'Sullivan | Matich SR3 Repco | Don O'Sullivan Racing | 6 | 6 | 4 | 16 |
| 3 | Bob Muir | Lotus 23B Ford | Civil Flying School | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | John Harvey | McLaren Repco | Bob Jane Racing | - | - | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | Bob Beasley | Lotus 47 | Robert Beasley Motors | 2 | 3 | - | 5 |
| 6 | Neil Allen | Elfin 400 Chevrolet | NE Allen Competition | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| 7 | Peter Woodward | Elfin 350 Coventry Climax | Woodward Racing | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| 8 | Tony Oxley | Chevron B8 BMW | Anthony Oxley | - | 2 | - | 2 |
| 9 | Doug Macarthur | Lotus Elan | Mayfair Motors | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| = | John Goss | Tornado Ford | John Goss | - | 1 | - | 1 |
| = | Malcolm Ramsay | Elfin 300 Ford | Elfin Sports Cars | - | - | 1 | 1 |
References※
- ^ 1969 CAMS Manual of Motor Sport, "Conditions for Australian Titles," pages 77-80
- ^ The Macquarie Dictionary of Motoring, "1986," page 486
- ^ Jim Shepherd, A History of Australian Motor Sport, 1980, pages 168-169
- ^ Peter Wherrett, Matich Goes Five Up, Racing Car News, June 1969, pages 36-37
- ^ Official Programme, Surfers Paradise International Race Circuit, Sunday May 18th
- ^ Des White, Matich - The Greatest Name in Sports Cars, Racing Car News, June 1969, page 66
- ^ Programme, Sandown, Sunday, November 9th, 1969
- ^ Adrian Ryan, Dial M for Sandown, Racing Car News, January 1970, page 22
- ^ Vic Clark, Matich is: champion, Australian Motoring News, Wednesday, 19 November 1969, page 7
- ^ Points calculated from race results published in Racing Car News reports
- ^ The Sandown report in Australian Motoring News indicates that Ramsay placed sixth
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